Paul Lussier said:
>My understanding is that he's changed the license, and that can only
>apply to all versions of the software *from this point on*!
>Therefore, in order to "recall" previous versions, he'd have to get
>each and every copy of all previous versions and re-distribute them
>with the new license. That is just physically impossible, and I
>doubt that if he were to take someone to court over using a previous
>release in violation of the new license, he'd loose. But, IANAL!
>
Actually, from the messages I've seen, he clarified the license - similar to what
Linus did with the GPL and kernel modules. However, the difference is that everyone
assumed ipf was under the BSD, and it wasn't, but was under a similar license:
Reed's License:
/*
* Copyright (C) 1993-1998 by Darren Reed.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this notice is preserved and due credit is given
* to the original author and the contributors.
*/
BSD License:
/*
* Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
*
* This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
* Kevin Fall.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
* must display the following acknowledgement:
* This product includes software developed by the University of
* California, Berkeley and its contributors.
* 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
* may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
* without specific prior written permission.
*
Note the WITH OR WITHOUT MODIFICATION in the BSD license that isn't in Darren's. He's
clarified that, in fact, he left it out on purpose, and you do NOT have a right to
redistribute modifications.
Lesson: Read the license!
jeff
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